【双语听读】Yellow River Carp from Zhengzhou 万亩鱼塘，鱼米之乡

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"Land of fish and rice" is naturally associated with the lower reaches of the Yangtze. There are many lakes and connecting waterways in this low-lying region, which is one of China's most fertile and most affluent zones.

提到“鱼米之乡”，人们自然会联想到江南一带，毕竟这个词来自古代中国的长江中下游地区。那里水草丰茂，稻花飘香，鱼肥水美，不愧为“水乡泽国”。

However, the "land of fish and rice" we are going to refer to here is Wangcun Town in northern Xingyang, Zhengzhou, rich in the famous Yellow River carp.

然而，今天我们所说的“鱼米之乡”却不在长江中下游平原。它就是位于郑州市荥阳北部的王村镇，盛产驰名中外的黄河鲤鱼。

Living in harmony with nature

与大自然共生共美

Located in central Henan Province, Xingyang, Zhengzhou lies at the confluence of the Yellow River Basin and the Huai River Basin, and at the boundary of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. It is one of the main birthplaces of China's early agricultural civilization. The Yellow River runs along the northwest Xingyang, with a riverfront of 45 kilometers. Abundant water resources and fertile soil here provide good conditions for the development of agriculture.

郑州荥阳位于河南省中部，地处黄河流域与淮河流域共聚处、黄河中下游分界处，是中国早期农业文明的主要发祥地之一。黄河沿荥阳境西北流过，岸线长达45公里，水资源丰富，土质肥沃，为发展农业提供了良好条件。

In harmony with the natural conditions of the Yellow River wetland, Wangcun Town has in recent years preserved water quality and set up fish nests, creating a good environment for the natural reproduction of wild fish in the Yellow River. According to the biological characteristics of fish, a stock breeding system, disease prevention and control system, and quality safety system have been built to provide a good hatchery for Yellow River carp to lay eggs, so as to enrich the fish resources in the Yellow River, maintain the aquatic biodiversity and promote the virtuous cycle of the aquatic ecosystem in the reserve.

借助黄河湿地的天然条件，荥阳王村镇近年来保水质、设鱼巢，营造黄河野生鱼类自然繁衍的良好环境，按照鱼类生物学特性，建设良种繁育体系、疫病防控体系、质量安全体系，为黄河鲤鱼产卵提供良好的孵化场所，丰富黄河水域天然鱼类资源，维护水生生物多样性，促进保护区水生生态系统的良性循环。

Listed as a national modern fishery demonstration area被列为国家现代渔业示范区

In 2007, the Yellow River Carp National Aquatic Genetic Resources Reserve in Zhengzhou section of the Yellow River became one of the first 40 national aquatic genetic resources reserves.

2007年黄河郑州段黄河鲤国家级水产种质资源保护区成为首批公布的40处国家级水产种质资源保护区之一。

Xingyang Yellow River Fish Farm, known as ten thousand-mu fish pond, is located in the Yellow River beach area of Wangcun Town. In response to the healthy, pollution-free and ecological breeding, ecological breeding areas (70%) and ecological wetlands (30%) have been built in the reserve, mainly involving the breeding of pollution-free aquatic products, artificial wetland landscape, simulated protection of wildlife environment, planting and processing of aquatic vegetables and wetland tourism.

号称万亩大鱼塘的荥阳黄河鱼场，位于王村镇黄河滩区，根据健康、无公害、生态化养殖的需要，在保护区内建设生态化养殖区（占70%），景观生态湿地（占30%）。其主要包括无公害水产品养殖、人工景观湿地营造、野生动物环境模拟保护、水生蔬菜种植与加工、湿地休闲旅游观光等项目。

In recent years, Wangcun Town has adhered to agricultural supply-side structural reform and accelerated restructuring of agricultural production, thus promoting the large-scale, standardized and intensive development of traditional agriculture. The town's figs, grapes, selenium-rich pears, peaches, etc. are well known. Yellow River carp and newly developed river crab are household names. Special aquatic products such as rice and lotus root, as well as loach, lobster and Duckbill fish have gradually made Wangcun Town a "land of fish and rice". The illimitable fish pond is not only the largest pollution-free freshwater fish breeding base in Henan Province, but also the largest continuous Yellow River carp breeding base in China, which has been listed as a national modern fishery demonstration area.

近几年，王村镇坚持农业供给侧结构性改革，加快农业种植结构调整步伐，促使传统农业向规模化、标准化、集约化方向发展。该镇的无花果、葡萄、富硒梨、桃子等产品已远近闻名，黄河鲤鱼和新开发的稻田蟹，更是家喻户晓。种水稻、莲藕，养泥鳅、龙虾和花骨鱼等特色水产品，使王村镇逐步成为“鱼米之乡”。连片的万亩鱼塘，不仅是河南省最大的无公害淡水鱼养殖基地，也是全国最大的黄河鲤鱼连片养殖基地，被列为国家现代渔业示范区。

One of China's "top four fish"

居中国“四大名鱼”之一

Yellow River carp is one of China's "top four fish" and is well known at home and abroad with a long history. There was a saying that "Luoshui Carp and Yishui gurnard are delicious and more precious than beef and mutton". Yellow River carp has always been the food of choice. It is recorded in an ancient Chinese medical book that "Luoshui Carp is the best carp, followed by Jianghan Carp and Haohui Carp". It was said that if any of the carp could leap over this "Dragon Gate", it would then turn into a powerful dragon. Yellow River Carp once served as a tribute to the imperial court in history. It is more clearly described in an ancient compilation of anecdotes and stories from the Qing Dynasty that "Yellow River carp is delicious and tender, and can be called a treasure".

黄河鲤鱼居中国“四大名鱼”之一，驰名中外，历史悠久。古时就有“洛鲤伊鲂，贵如牛羊”之说，黄河鲤鱼向来是食之上品。在古代《医林纂要探源》上也有记载“彩而金者，洛鲤最贵，江汉次之，昊会而下”，并有“一登龙门而身价百倍”之美谈，历史上曾作为贡品登上皇家餐桌。《清稗类抄》更明确写道：“黄河之鲤甚佳，甘鲜肥嫩，可称珍品。”

Yellow River carp is brightly colored, with gold scales and a red tail. Its anal fin, caudal peduncle and inferior lobe of tail fin are orange. It has a long body, flat sides and round abdomen. A slowly rising arc is formed between the head and back, with a slight hump on the back, a small head, and a U-shaped mouth. It is commonly known as "copper head, iron tail and tofu waist". Yellow River carp is famous for its tender meat, rich nutrition and delicious taste. It contains a variety of essential amino acids and trace elements.

黄河鲤鱼金鳞赤尾，色彩艳丽，臀鳍、尾柄、尾鳍下叶呈特有的橘黄色，体形梭长、侧扁而腹部圆，头背间呈缓缓上升的弧形，背部稍隆起，头较小，口端位呈马蹄形，俗称“铜头铁尾豆腐腰”。黄河鲤鱼肉质细嫩、松软而鲜美，富含人体必需的多种氨基酸以及微量元素。

Zhengzhou Yellow River carp was registered as a national agricultural product with geographical indications in 2012 and was included in the Chinese Agricultural Brand Catalogue in 2019.

郑州的黄河鲤鱼，于2012年获国家农产品地理标志产品登记，于2019年入选中国农业品牌目录。

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